Make Peace With Your Critical Self and Heal Nervous, Habitual, Obsessive, Compulsive Skin Picking
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Breakout CycleIntroductionVictim or Aggressor?Simpson DepositionStatisticsWhat’s Going On?Many LayersLove the SkinAll About AcneEpidermisNext Layers‘Plugging’ InBlackheadsWhiteheadsPimplesDon't MessAcne DiagnosisNasty ResultsScarringSkin PigmentationInfectionCancerAgingWhat's Next?Related DisordersBDDTrichotillomaniaPsychodermatosisAcne ExcorieeOCDDistress
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BACKGROUND: WHAT’S GOING ON DOWN THERE?‘Plugging’ In To What Happens Next - BlackheadsWhen excess sebum is trapped in the skin it is simply called a pimple or comedo (comedone acne). At the earliest stages of development it is called a microcomedo that is so small it can only be seen by a microscope.This pimple ‘plug’ does not allow additional sebum or dead skin cells out until the body realizes what’s going on and does something about it. Sometimes the body dilates the pore so the plug will have a chance to get out. In the case when the pore is open to the air, the trapped sebum (lipids, keratin and even some melanin) turns dark from exposure to oxygen, making it officially a ‘blackhead’ or an open comedo. Blackheads can hang out on your face for days, weeks, or even years sometimes - if left alone. Often however, if bacteria infects the blackhead or if the pore continues to pump out sebum, the pores distends or distorts its shape and the body senses an imbalance. It alerts the system to release enzymes that cause inflammation to occur. The bacteria that invades the gland is called Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes). This is where the term acne comes from. This bacteria is a anaerobic diphtheroid and normally resides on the skin with the purpose of eating up excess surface oils. Bacteria can be a good thing you see - it’s good to have them sweeping off your doorstep, just don’t let ‘em inside! INSERT GRAPHIC - closed comedo - changing to whitehead - changing to pustule - changing to a shrunken head! haha - and back to a normal pore
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